Self-soaping dish-mop.



No. 743,132. PATENTED NOV. s, 1903.

' B. B. BABBITT.

SELF SOAPING DISH MOP.

APPLIOATION FILED DEG. 4, 1900.

N0 MODEL.

o f a l? I I constructed of metal and is designed to convide means wherebya supply of soap or other UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

BRADFORD B. BABBITT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.-

SELF-SOAPlNG DISH-MOP.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,132, dated November 3, 1903.

Application filed December 4,1900. Serial No. 38,634. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRADFORD B. BABBITT, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Self-SoapingDish-Mop, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of dish-mops so as to proingredients may be stored and distributed in a thoroughly-dissolved state to the interior and exterior of the mass of material forming the mop proper and to assure a continual supply of soap to'the mop while in the act of washing dishes or other utensils.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the mop complete with the reservoir or soap receptacle attached, together with the handle. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same without the handle and more particularly shows the manner in which the mop material is bound around the mophead, so as to form a space within the mop material for the purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

Ordinary mop-yarn or mop materialA is securely bound around a specially-constructed mop-head B, said mop-head being made of wood in order to serve the purpose of this specification; but I wish it understood that I in no wise confine myself to wood alone in its construction, said mop-head B being of sufiicient diameter to form a space 0 within the mop material A, space 0 corresponding with the diameter of the mop-head B at its upper end and gradually diminishing and finally terminating at a point where a portion of the mop material A is bound together by stout cord a, the point of binding being of a sufficient distance below the mop-head B to preserve a space 0 directly below the mop-head B. The mop-head B is provided with an opening or passage D, leading from the space 0 to the interior of the cylinder E, the mophead B forming a bottom to the cylinder E, to which it is firmly attached. Cylinder E is tain soap or other compounds. Said cylinder E is provided with a number of perforations f. The upper end of cylinder E is provided with an ordinary thread turned upon itself in the ordinary screw form and in such a manner as to accept a corresponding thread which the handleG is provided with. The handle G is by means of these corresponding threads attached or detached to the cylinder E at the will of the operator, and by thus removing the handle G cylinder E may be filled with soap or other compounds whenever necessary, and by the replacing of the handle cylinder E may thereby be closed.

Having described the construction of my invention, Iwill now describe the method by which the contents of the cylinder E is distributed after having been dissolved to the exterior and to the interior of the mop mate rial while the mop is being used with water, as is intended. The soap or other compounds havinglirst been placed within the cylinder E, the handle G is securely screwed into place and the lower portion of the mop, or that portion comprising the mop materialA a, is plunged into the water. Space 0 is filled with water immediately. The constant agitation of the mop in the act of washing the dish or other utensil designed to be cleaned is sufiicient to drive the water in space 0 up through the opening D in the mop-head B into the cylinder E. A portion of the contents of cylinder E is thereby dissolved, and as it passes out of the perforations f the mop material-is kept soapy and the water also all through the operation of washing dishes.

Having described the construction and the manner of using my invention, what I claim The combination of a head provided with a longitudinal passage, mop material bound to the outside of the head and leaving a space within said material, and a cylindrical soapreceptacle having perforated sides attached to the mop-head, and communicating with the passage in the said head.

In testimony whereof I have signed in name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BRADFORD B. BABBITT.

Witnesses:

THOMAS BIRKETT, CQRA S. BIRKE'IT. 

